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2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record26–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Hyte (6th season)
  • Jonny Neeley[2] (4th season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fifth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.

BYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship[3] and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Stanford in the national semifinal.[4]

The Cougars would put together another impressive season with a 25-4 record. However two losses in conference play caused the Cougars to finish second in the WCC. The Cougars were granted an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were given the #14 seed, allowing them to host the first two rounds. BYU would be swept by Utah in the 2nd Round to finish the season at 26-5. After the tournament was completed BYU finished ranked #17 in the nation.

2019 West Coast Conference volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 San Diego  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 1   .944 25 – 5   .833
No. 17 BYU  ‍‍‍y 16 – 2   .889 26 – 5   .839
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 18 – 11   .621
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 11 – 17   .393
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 8 – 21   .276
Portland  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 11 – 18   .379
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 2019-11-23
Rankings from AVCA
Source:West Coast Conference

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2019 BYU Cougars Roster[5]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Morgan Bower - Freshman
  • 6 Callie Whitney - Freshman
  • 17 Grace Wee - Freshman
  • 18 Mary Lake - Senior

Opposite Hitters

  • 12 Kate Grimmer - Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Taylen Ballard-Nixon - Junior
  • 9 Madelyn Robinson - Sophomore
  • 10 Erin Anderson - Freshman
  • 11 Abbey Dayton - Freshman
  • 13 Morgan Johnson - Freshman
  • 14 McKenna Miller - Senior
  • 20 Riley Lyman - Senior
  

Setters

  • 7 Whitney Bower - Freshman
  • 8 Tayler Tausinga - Sophomore
  • 15 Kiani Moea'i - Redshirt Senior

Middle Blockers

  • 2 Heather Gneiting- Sophomore
  • 21 Whitney Llarenas - Redshirt Freshman
  • 24 Kennedy Eschenberg - Redshirt Junior
  

Schedule

Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Result Attendance Record
(WCC Record)
8/30
12 p.m. 		Boise State #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Nike Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–13, 25–21, 25–17) 		750 1–0
8/30
7:30 p.m. 		Utah Valley #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash)/(BYU Nike Invitational) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–21, 25–21, 25–20) 		2,887 2–0
8/31
7 p.m. 		#16 Marquette #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Nike Invitational) 		BYUtv L 1–3
(25–22, 16–25, 22–25, 12–25) 		4,075 2–1
9/05
7 p.m. 		LIU #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic) 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–14, 25–17, 25–10) 		2,115 3–1
9/06
7 p.m. 		Sam Houston State #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic) 		WCC Network W 3–1
(24–26, 25–13, 25–16, 25–18) 		1,882 4–1
9/07
7 p.m. 		Weber State #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(BYU Doterra Classic) 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–22, 25–16, 25–22) 		2,247 5–1
9/12
6 p.m. 		@ Wichita State #13 Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic) 		YurView W 3–1
(23–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–20) 		2,608 6–1
9/13
3:30 p.m. 		vs. #3 Texas #13 Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic) 		FloVolleyball L 1–3
(25–23, 22–25, 19–25, 18–25) 		2,435 6–2
9/14
11 a.m. 		vs. VCU #13 Charles Koch Arena
Wichita, KS
(Shocker Volleyball Classic) 		FloVolleyball W 3–1
(25–8, 22–25, 25–22, 25–21) 		1,247 7–2
9/19
6 p.m. 		@ #18 Utah #12 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Deseret First Duel) 		P12 W 3–1
(25–22, 25–21, 12–25, 25–18) 		4,110 8–2
9/21
1 p.m. 		@ #2 Stanford #12 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA 		P12 W 3–1
(18–25, 25–22, 25–23, 31–29) 		2,964 9–2
9/26
7 p.m. 		@ Gonzaga* #9 Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Spokane, WA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–13, 25–13, 25–17) 		1,657 10–2
(1–0)
9/28
1 p.m. 		@ Portland* #9 Chiles Center
Portland, OR 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–20, 25–22, 25–18) 		742 11–2
(2–0)
10/01
7 p.m. 		Loyola Marymount* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		WCC Network W 3–2
(25–22, 25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 15–7) 		2,822 12–2
(3–0)
10/03
8 p.m. 		@ Pacific* #9 Alex G. Spanos Center
Stockton, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 26–24) 		769 13–2
(4–0)
10/05
2 p.m. 		@ Saint Mary's* #9 McKeon Pavilion
Moraga, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–12, 25–22, 29–27) 		408 14–2
(5–0)
10/10
7 p.m. 		San Francisco* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–0
(25–11, 25–14, 25–23) 		2,499 15–2
(6–0)
10/12
1 p.m. 		Santa Clara* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25–16, 25–11, 25–10) 		2,604 16–2
(7–0)
10/18
7 p.m. 		San Diego* #9 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv L 2–3
(18–25, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17, 10–15) 		4,405 16–3
(7–1)
10/24
8 p.m. 		@ Loyola Marymount #12 Gersten Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25-22, 25-12, 15-25, 25-22) 		583 17–3
(8–1)
10/26
2 p.m. 		@ Pepperdine* #12 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25-21, 25-15, 29-27) 		873 18–3
(9–1)
10/31
7 p.m. 		Saint Mary's #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		byutv.org W 3–0
(25-15, 25-11, 25-13) 		2,331 19–3
(10–1)
11/02
1 p.m. 		Pacific* #11 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(22–25, 25-11, 25-12, 25-20) 		2,685 20–3
(11–1)
11/07
8 p.m. 		@ Santa Clara* #11 Leavey Center
Santa Clara, CA 		WCC Network W 3–1
(25-22, 20–25, 25-23, 25-18) 		355 21–3
(12–1)
11/09
8 p.m. 		@ San Francisco* #11 War Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25-17, 25-14, 25-23) 		230 22–3
(13–1)
11/15
8 p.m. 		@ #24 San Diego* #10 Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, CA 		WCC Network L 2–3
(25–18, 23–25, 26–24, 16–25, 9–15) 		2,048 22–4
(13–2)
11/21
7 p.m. 		Portland* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		WCC Network W 3–0
(25-15, 25-14, 25-17) 		2,412 23–4
(14–2)
11/23
1 p.m. 		Gonzaga* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		BYUtv W 3–1
(21-25, 25-9, 25–20, 25–16) 		3,203 24–4
(15–2)
11/26
8 p.m. 		Pepperdine* #13 Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT 		ESPNU W 3–2
(25-15, 25-19, 20–25, 20–25, 15–3) 		3,646 25–4
(16–2)
12/06
7 p.m. 		y- New Mexico State #13
(14-seed) 		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 1st Round) 		BYUtv W 3–0
(25–7, 25–23, 25–19) 		2,401 26–4
(16–2)
12/07
7 p.m. 		y- #17 Utah #13
(14-seed) 		Smith Fieldhouse
Provo, UT
(NCAA Tournament 2nd Round) 		BYUtv L 0–3
(15–25, 15–25, 15–25) 		3,250 26–5
(16–2)
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

[6]

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on BYUtv or WCC Network (formerly TheW.tv). Most road game will also be televised or streamed.

References

For information on BYU's other fall and winter sports please check out the following:

See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team, 2019 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, and 2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
  1. ^ "Brother and sister Shawn and Heather Olmstead named as men's and women's volleyball coaches". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  2. ^ "Sports Briefs for Thursday". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ^ "No. 1 women's volleyball improves to 27-0, clinches WCC title". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  4. ^ "Stanford sweeps BYU out of NCAA Women's volleyball championships". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. ^ http://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball
  6. ^ "BYU women's volleyball releases 2019 schedule". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
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